Britain weighs 70 million pound import cuts to curb crisis
British cabinet ministers led by Prime Minister Attlee discuss immediate import reductions of 70 million pounds in six months as part of a broader austerity push. The plan targets a reduced meat ration, diverts coal and raw materials to export industries, and may curb holidays and civilian spending while awaiting US aid or Marshall talks.
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Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Dalton
Stafford Cripps
United States
Paris
OAL Will Lawther
National Union of Mineworkers
Britain
Germany
Mediterranean
Austria
Venezia Giulia
Greece
Palestine
Food shortage may last until 1950 warns FAO chief
Sir John Boyd director general of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization warned that severe food shortages might last until 1950. He said the FAO’s annual meeting opening at Geneva August 25 would be the most important conference since the war.
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LONDON
John Boyd
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
Geneva
First Australian legend of the firing fox described
The fragment recounts Captain Cook era reports of a large bat nicknamed the firing fox in Australia. A seaman described a winged, black creature about the size of a keg, mistaken for the devil. Four bat species exist, with thousands in single camps, harming orchards as settlement expands.
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Cook
Queensland
Flax Price Ceiling Hikes Set by Prices Board
Ottawa reports a sharp rise in flax seed ceiling to 54 per bushel, lifting related oil cake price to about 46 a ton. Top grade sunflower and rape seed prices for No 1 Canada Western Sunrise seed rise to six cents per pound, while Mennonite and rape seed hold at five and six cents respectively. Tower grades linked to top grades, with Wheat Board to allocate supplies to essentials due to shortages.
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OTTAWA
Prices Board
Canada
Wheat Board
CCF Leaders Attack Newspapers Over Free Speech
SASKATOON August 1 The Saskatchewan convention of the CCF condemned attempts by newspapers to stifle freedom of speech and organization by alleging Communist influence. Delegates rejected Tom Earl's resolution accusing garbled reports of silencing reporters. The convention also charged RC MP with secret political and personal files, decrying it as civil rights infringement. Premier T C Douglas was re elected Saskatchewan party leader.
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SASKATOON
Saskatchewan
CCF
Tom Rarl
Pangman
RC MP
T. C. Douglas
Soviet Objections Cloud Indonesia Mediation Effort
At Lake Success on August 11, Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko opposed a U.S. mediation proposal for the Indonesian conflict, arguing it bypasses the UN and could favor the Dutch. He urged a binding UN action and cautious mediation steps, while signaling possible Indonesian conditional acceptance and Dutch troop withdrawal as prerequisites. The United States pressed for immediate cessation of hostilities to pave the way for mediation, with Netherlands and Indonesian positions still evolving.
Alberta Horse Numbers Decline But Cattle Up
Alberta census figures show horse numbers on farms declined sharply from 1941 to 1946, with 48,981 horses on June 1, 1946, 28 percent below 1941 levels. Cattle rose to 1,498,450 by June 1, 1946, up from 1,042,130 in 1941, while sheep numbers continued to fall. The value of farm animals also climbed for cattle, livestock values rising to 98,852,873 dollars, and horse values dropping from 317,594,940 to 30,393,260 since 1936.
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OTTAWA
Alberta farm i
bureau of statistics
Alberta
Nascopie Survivors Arrive in Winnipeg
Aug 1 Winnipeg reports more survivors from the Hudson's Bay Company ship Nascopie, wrecked near Cape Dorset July 21. Thirteen passengers flown in, about 80 more expected by train. others evacuated to Churchill by the ice breaker N. B. McLean. Survivors recount crowded Cape Dorset shelter, salvaged stores, and a largely uneventful voyage ashore.
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WINNIPEG
Heven
Hudson's Bay Company
Nascopie
Cape Dorset
Baffin Land
new demea
Churchill
N. B. McLean
James G. Wright
Arctic
H.B.C
H.W. Lewis
Alex Stevenson
Ottawa
Andrew Moore
C. F. Toll
Trail
B.C
Stevenson
Wright
Cumming
Cape
Fort Severn
Netherlands Accepts US Mediation Offer on Indonesian Conflict
Netherlands ambassador to Washington Van Kleffens told the United Nations Security Council that The Hague has accepted a United States mediation proposal to resolve the undeclared war in Indonesia. He said consultations with US officials would begin immediately, signaling a surprise shift as debates continued. TheUS deputy delegate Herschel V. Johnson had indicated the mediation offer.
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LAKE SUCCESS
Russia
United States
Indonesia
United Nations
security council
Netherlands
GROMYKO
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
council
Herschel V. Johnson
Eelco N. Van Klef
fens
Washington
Johnnson
Batavia
A. K. Gant
Gant
Eeico
NW. Van Kleffens
United Nations Security Council
Hague
Van Kleffens
Polio Deaths Rise Across Canada Amid Altogether 220 Cases
Polio has claimed five lives across Canada in more than 220 cases in the first seven months of the year, with Western Canada hardest hit. Ontario and the east total 53 cases. Manitoba and Saskatchewan report notable numbers. Vancouver shows a record high for the province. The Greater Winnipeg area reports three new cases bringing total to 34 in Winnipeg and 33 provincewide. Three more cases in Vancouver raise the Vancouver area to 70 and the province to 94.
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Canada
Ontario
Timmins
Toronto
prairie provinces
Western Canada
east
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
Montreal
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Vancouver
IWO
Winnipeg
Brandon
Portage lan Prairie
Gladstone
Letellier
St. Claude
Blanchard
Edson
Stettler
J. T. Phair
Hamilton
Ottawa
strcken
Greater Vancouver
Metropolitan health board
British troops in Palestine fight gunfire terror in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Live reporting from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv recounts grenade and mortar attacks on Hampshire Regiment headquarters near the Jewish Agency, killings of five Jews in Tel Aviv and panicked funerals. British troops, police and sappers cordon areas, screen 2000 men, and two suspected attackers are captured amid continued clashes and funeral processions.
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sy Associated Press
Tel Aviv
eadquarters
Hampshire Regiment
Jewish agency
Hampshires
Nattanya
Palestine
great syragegie
Semanhitel Regiment
po- Hee
army
Ramie
Natanya
Jerusalem
Tstrel Rokach
Set
Martin
Churely
England
Paice
Sherwood Foresters
fred
Represen
Boy Dies After Rifle Bullet Wounds in Barn Accident
In St Johnsbury Vermont eight year old Carlton Langmaid failed to tell his parents about the 1g calibre rifle incident, later confessing after severe pain. He and brother Ronald, ten, were in the barn when a bullet pierced Carlton's intestines. The boy was taken to Brightlock hospital where surgery removed the bullet, and Carlton died last night.
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ST. JOHNSBURY
Carlton Langmaid
Walter Langmaid
Ronald
Carlton
Brightlock hospital
Newfoundland Talks Move Toward Drafting Union Terms
Ottawa reports Canada and Newfoundland representatives have agreed to begin drafting terms for a possible union. A seven member Newfoundland delegation functions as fact finders, while a committee drafts a base for negotiations to be reviewed by both sides before Canadian cabinet approval. Debates touch on cost, debt, and the publicly owned railway.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Newsfoundland
John Baldwin
privy council
Newfoundland
sevenman
Prince denied railroad pass after new Japanese constitution
Democracy in Tokyo reaches a royal figure as Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni asks the ministry of transportation for a railroad pass. The ministry replies that even an imperial prince becomes a regular citizen under the new constitution and cannot receive a pass.
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TOKYO
Japan
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
ministry of wangiortation
Britain seeks cuts to stretch dollars in postwar aids
Washington reports Britain informally asked the United States to cut its world stability commitments to stretch dwindling American dollar support. Officials say talks focus on revising the Anglo American Germany occupation aid pact signed last December. Britain faces dollar shortages as it must fund occupation costs in Germany, Japan, and Korea, and may oppose wideening production talks in the Ruhr.
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WASHINGTON
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Germany
pang
congress
Japan
Korea
coss
Ruadr
Jupdon
Notable Prosecutor Joins De-Nazification Court in Heidelberg
This attractive young woman is Dr Inge Oetverberg who as prosecutor brings former Nazis to justice at the Heidelberg Sprach kammer de nazification court in Germany. She has aided the Allies since entering the office in April 1947.
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Inge Oetverberg
jstice
Heidelberg
Dutch Claim New Gains In Java War Front
Batavia waited for word on possible UN action as the Dutch report sweeping gains in middle Java. Dutch forces pushed southwest past Banjoemas toward Tillatjap, with Poerwaredja occupied and bridges secured. Indonesian reports spoke of some counterattacks and stronger Republican defenses near Seempioeh and Noesa Rambangan.
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BATAVIA
Java
United Nations
U.N. security council
jozen
Banjoemas
Tegal
Tiiatjap
Noesa Rambangan
Priests Sentenced in Paris on Refugee Hiding Charges
Reuters reports ten priests arrested last April for hiding Vichy refugees were sentenced to terms ranging from six months to two years in prison with fines from 3,400 to 20,000 francs. Also in dispatches, seven B 25 Superfortresses with 160 aboard completed a 7,000 mile flight from Tokyo to Washington via Andrews Field.
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PARIS
Reutersi
WASHINGTON
Andrews Field
Tokyo
JKENG
Linche
Shantung province
Hsin. Min Bao
JERUSALEM
L—A.P
SOUTH
Ellison Milling and Elevator company
New Dayton
Seyem
ervons
C.P.R
C.W
NEWFOUNDLAND TOWN
Newfoundland
Anglo-Newfoundland Newsprint company
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